{"id":24471,"date":"2012-10-17T16:51:20","date_gmt":"2012-10-17T14:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=24471"},"modified":"2012-10-17T16:54:01","modified_gmt":"2012-10-17T14:54:01","slug":"8ta-sees-huge-demand-for-lte-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/mobile\/24471\/8ta-sees-huge-demand-for-lte-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"8ta sees huge demand for LTE trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"8ta\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php\/276092-8ta\">8ta<\/a> has received over 7,000 applications in less than a week for participation in its free <a title=\"LTE\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php\/367212-Long-term-Evolution-(LTE)\">LTE<\/a> trial. The mobile operator will now close the application process to begin identifying successful applicants for participation in the trial.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe successful applicants will be contacted by 1 November 2012 to arrange the completion of the necessary documentation and to arrange installation,\u201d 8ta said in a press statement.<\/p>\n<p>After successful applicants have been identified \u2013 and they have accepted to form part of the trial \u2013 8ta will begin the installation of the LTE customer premise equipment (CPE). This is expected to start on 4 November.<\/p>\n<p>8ta will also contact applicants who were not successful in their application to participate to give the company more insight into the development of LTE coverage and offerings.<\/p>\n<p>The 8ta LTE coverage page will remain available so that prospective customers can monitor LTE coverage in their areas as the mobile operator continues to grow its LTE footprint in the region.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month 8ta said that customers within 8ta\u2019s LTE coverage areas across the Gauteng region will be able to apply to participate in the trial from 1 November 2012 until 31 March 2013.<\/p>\n<p>The LTE service offered for the trial will include a 50GB data bundle and an LTE enabled device.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_62480\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/broadband\/62476-free-8ta-lte-trial-details.html\/attachment\/8ta-lte-coverage\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-62480\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-62480\" class=\"size-full wp-image-62480\" title=\"8ta LTE coverage\" src=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/8ta-LTE-coverage.jpg\" alt=\"8ta LTE coverage\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-62480\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">8ta LTE coverage<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Related articles<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"8ta LTE details revealed\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/broadband\/61752-8ta-lte-details-revealed.html\"><strong>8ta LTE details revealed<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"8ta to launch free LTE trial with 50GB of data\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/broadband\/61430-8ta-to-launch-free-lte-trial-with-50gb-of-data.html\"><strong>8ta to launch free LTE trial with 50GB of data<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permanent Link to MTN LTE network plans revealed\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/cellular\/60639-more-mtn-lte-network-plans-revealed.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">MTN LTE network plans revealed<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permanent Link to LTE spectrum policy drafted\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/cellular\/60623-lte-spectrum-policy-drafted.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">LTE spectrum policy drafted<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permanent Link to LTE kingmakers in South Africa\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/cellular\/59919-lte-kingmakers-in-south-africa.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">LTE kingmakers in South Africa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>8ta has received over 7,000 applications for its free LTE trial which kicks off next month<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":23992,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[407,26,525],"class_list":["post-24471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mobile","tag-8ta","tag-headline","tag-lte"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24471"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24471\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24475,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24471\/revisions\/24475"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}